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Thought Disorder and the Predictability of Schizophrenic Speech

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

D. R. Rutter ,
Joan Draffan  and
Jacqueline Davies
D. R. Rutter
Affiliation:
Dept of Psychology, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL
Joan Draffan
Affiliation:
Dept of Psychology, The Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX
Jacqueline Davies
Affiliation:
Dept of Experimental Psychology, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3UD
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Summary

Previous research suggests that the predictability of speech in schizophrenic patients may be related to certain measures of thought disorder. Two uninterrupted passages of 200 words were taken from 25 randomly selected schizophrenic patients recently admitted to hospital and were ‘Clozed’ by students under both fourth- and fifth-word deletion. Thought disorder was measured by the Bannister-Fransella test, and the Cloze scores were found to be related neither to Intensity nor to Consistency.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 131 , Issue 1 , July 1977 , pp. 67 - 68
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1977 

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